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Matterhorn (Mac Dekker Book 1) Kindle Edition
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich.
Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA.
But when he learns his son Will died following in his footsteps, he needs answers. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivashka on the same trail? Ilya—his close friend, his rival in love. Ilya, who framed Mac for treason and sent him into hiding.
Wiping away the years, Mac returns to the field to find the secrets Will hid and finds himself facing the Herculean task of stopping a terrorist plot that threatens thousands. But in a field of double agents, who can he trust?
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas & Mercer
- Publication dateApril 1, 2024
- File size6252 KB
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Editorial Reviews
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“Reich keeps his foot on the gas…” —Publishers Weekly
“This would make a great movie, and fans of the Bond tales and special-ops action novels should add this to their reading lists.” —Library Journal
“Another winner from a consistently satisfying writer.” —Booklist
From the Publisher
Mac has been hiding away for years, but when he learns his son has been murdered, he is hell-bent on exacting revenge. As he searches for answers, he realizes his son was working as a spy and his last mission was to stop a broad terrorist attack on a major European city’s water supply that could kill tens of thousands of innocent people.
Retirement is over for Mac Dekker. This is great news for readers, as his mission takes him to the heights of the Matterhorn and the streets of Moscow—bringing him face-to-face with his old friend turned nemesis and offering him a chance to save the world from devastation.
—Liz Pearsons, Editor
About the Author
Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception and many other thrillers. His novel The Patriots Club won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Newport Beach, California.
Product details
- ASIN : B0CCGVFLXC
- Publisher : Thomas & Mercer (April 1, 2024)
- Publication date : April 1, 2024
- Language : English
- File size : 6252 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 344 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #422 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
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It's great to be part of Amazon's new Author Page. Here's a short bio.
I was born November 12, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Los Angeles four years later, in late 1965. I graduated from Harvard School (now Harvard-Westlake) in 1979, then made the move to Washington DC where I attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Upon graduating with a degree in international economics (a field in which I was neither particularly gifted nor interested), I worked as a stock broker for two years. One day my best client said, "Chris, you're a nice guy, but you have no idea what you're doing in this business. You might get into trouble one day. You gotta get your butt to business school." I followed his advice and headed down to Austin, Tx, to earn an MBA at UT.
After graduating from UT, I moved even farther east....all the way to Switzerland, where I joined the Union Bank of Switzerland, first in Geneva and then in Zurich. I left banking and worked first as a consultant, and then as the CEO of a small watch company in Neuchatel. The only thing I missed out on was the chocolate business! Anyway, after 7 years in Switzerland, I decided that it was high time to become an author. I'd never written a short story and I hadn't taken a single English class in college. So what? I was a demon reader and I thought for sure I could do. My wonderful wife supported the decision wholeheartedly and we moved back to Austin, where I would write my first novel, Numbered Account.
The rest, as they say, is history....Or, as I say, "history in the making!!"
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I will absolutely move into bool 2 of this series ! Can’t wait !!
“Matterhorn” was exciting, action-packed secret agent thriller with a race to discover the plan that will result in the deaths of thousands of innocents if it cannot be discovered in time and stopped. The story is straight forward. The good guys are good and the bad guys are bad with really no shade of grey.
The author Christopher Reich is an excellent writer with good story development and characters. As some have mentioned in their reviews, one could complain about the plots being a bit far-fetched with some superhuman skills and unbelievable escapes; one accepts that for entertainment. The protagonist Mac Decker is characterized as a bit larger than life – certainly mysterious and almost superhuman at times. Think of Robert Ludlum, Lee child, or Tom Clancy whose characters are a bit larger than life ~ yes superhuman at times ~ and yet we cheer them on. If you wish to climb “Matterhorn,” prepare to be taken for an adventurous ride.
Top reviews from other countries
Exciting and moves along quickly. Holds our attention from page to page.
The characters are interesting and believable and the story takes place in real geographical places.